"It is the broken heart that makes us human in the end."

-- Melanie Rae Thon

#Heart Quotes #Broken Quotes #Ends Quotes

“My principal work now lies in tracing out the exact nature and conditions of utility. It seems strange indeed that economists have not bestowed more minute attention on a subject which doubtless furnishes the true key to the problems of economics.”

Source : William Stanley Jevons (1871). “The Theory of Political Economy”, p.51
“Even IBM can't stand in the way of progress... for more than a decade.”
“A tip for generalists who try to read economic research papers: If you get to a section that's incomprehensible, don't give up. Just skip to the next section.”
“What, then, is this blue sky, which certainly does exist, and which veils from us the stars during the day?”

Source : Camille Flammarion, James Glaisher (1873). “The Atmosphere”, p.103, New York : Harper
“Indians have no monopoly on environmentalism. That's one of the great myths. But we were subsistence livers. They're two different things. Environmentalism is a conscious choice and subsistence is the absence of choice. We had to use everything to survive. And now that we've been assimilated and colonized and we have luxuries and excesses, we're just as wasteful as other people.”
“No one else, ever, will think you're great the way your mother does.”

Source : Mary Matalin (2007). “Letters to My Daughters”, p.4, Simon and Schuster
“In all practices and traditions of freedom, we find the heart's task to be quite simple. Life offers us just what it offers, and our task is to bow to it, to meet it with understanding and compassion.”
“Marcus: Cherry? Jillian: My ten-year-old niece. Marcus: She's named after a piece of fruit? Jillian nodded. Jillian: So is her twin sister, Apple. Marcus: You're kidding me. Jillian: Unfortunately, I'm serious. Their father is fond of fruit pies and thought it would be cute. Marcus: And their mother didn't protest? Jillian: She thinks Steven's cute, so she gives him whatever he wants.”

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